You Know You Are A Long Islander When...

As Long Islanders, we have our own language, and a lifestyle that we will live by. Whenever we leave Long Island, it seems that someone is reminding us that we have a certain way about ourselves that distinguish us from the City, Upstate New York, and the rest of the world. These quirks that we have are traits that we joke about and often want to add to the list of our distinctions. We are unique and very proud of it too!

From Nassau and Suffolk differences to our pronunciation of "Long Island" itself, we can all joke about what it is to be a Long Islander.

Don’t know if you are a Long Islander? If you can agree with just a few of the following, you are a Long Islander!

You know you are a Long Islander when...

...You go "Out East," "To The City," and "Upstate."

...You can pronounce Hauppauge, Quogue, Patchogue, Nissequogue, etc.

...You are still waiting for the Islanders to win the Stanley Cup (again!) and now would have been a good time.

...You insist you live on Long Island, not in Long Island.

...You pronounce it “Lawn Guy land.”

...When you live in Nassau County and are amazed there are no sidewalks in most of Suffolk County.